diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 435420d82..59f440013 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-12-07  Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com>
+
+	* grub-core/normal/main.c (INIT): Set default color to light-gray
+	to match GRUB_TERM_DEFAULT_NORMAL_COLOR (i.e. rescue mode), Linux
+	and apparently BIOS defaults.
+
 2013-12-07  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	Transform -C option to grub-mkstandalone to --core-compress available
diff --git a/grub-core/normal/main.c b/grub-core/normal/main.c
index 778de61cd..991a59524 100644
--- a/grub-core/normal/main.c
+++ b/grub-core/normal/main.c
@@ -572,8 +572,8 @@ GRUB_MOD_INIT(normal)
   grub_env_export ("color_highlight");
 
   /* Set default color names.  */
-  grub_env_set ("color_normal", "white/black");
-  grub_env_set ("color_highlight", "black/white");
+  grub_env_set ("color_normal", "light-gray/black");
+  grub_env_set ("color_highlight", "black/light-gray");
 
   for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (features); i++)
     {